The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has already announced 22 candidates for upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly election and BSP also cleared on Tuesday that, party will fight over 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh. BSP, Madhya Pradesh, State President, Pradeep Ahirwar, told Newsd that “BSP Supremo, Mayawati has decided to go alone[Read More…]
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Is Shivpal Yadav BJP’s weapon against Akhilesh-Mayawati combine?
Is Shivpal Singh Yadav, the estranged uncle of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, the weapon the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking for in Uttar Pradesh — a state which gave it 73 of 80 seats in the 2014 general election, but where it is threatened by the coming together of the SP[Read More…]
How Shivpal Yadav’s move can upset Akhilesh-Maya plan for next polls in Uttar Pradesh?
The main question vis-à-vis electoral politics in Uttar Pradesh is whether the signs of recent cracks in the top family of Samajwadi Party or that of Mulayam Singh Yadav, will affect his son Akhilesh Yadav’s alliance with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party or not. Together the SP and BSP have planned[Read More…]
Defeating BJP first priority of Opposition in 2019, leadership later: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be a straight contest between the BJP and the “entire opposition” and their “first priority” is to defeat the ruling alliance. He said the issue of leadership will be taken up by opposition parties after the polls. In an interactive[Read More…]
Mayawati names old party loyalist Bhimrao Ambedkar as RS candidate
Lucknow: Laying to rest speculation over naming her brother Anand as the party’s Rajya Sabha candidate, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday night named old loyalist Bhim Rao Ambedkar as its candidate for the upper House of Parliament. In a statement, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said there is[Read More…]
After BSP, RLD backs SP candidates in UP bypolls
Lucknow: A day after the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) extended its support to the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates for the Lok Sabha bypolls to Phoolpur and Gorakhpur seats, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) also on Monday announced its support to the SP nominees. The Ajit Singh-led RLD, while announcing this[Read More…]
BSP can come to power in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, says Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday said public sentiment were against the BJP governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and her party can come to power if its workers made some efforts. “People in these states are under stress due to the BJP rule. It is party workers’[Read More…]
BJP promoting Hindutva; hurting secular fabric: BSP chief Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati on Tuesday accused the BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh of promoting RSS ideology. Addressing a public rally here, the second of her series of 11 public interactions, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said BJP governments in states were out[Read More…]
Allahabad boiling after local BSP leader shot dead
The situation turns tense in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad after a local leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party was killed on Tuesday morning. Two buses were set on fire and protestors damaged a clinic in Allahabad. The police were trying to control the aggressive crowd. The 46-year-old BSP leader, Rajesh Yadav[Read More…]
Mayawati likely to be Mahagathbandhan candidate in UP: Sources
After resigning from the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday evening, political corridors are now abuzz with speculations over BSP supremo, Mayawati’s next move. Mayawati is likely to contest the by-poll to the Phulpur Lok Sabha seat, which will be vacated by sitting MP, Keshav Prasad Maurya, who is now deputy chief minister in[Read More…]
Mayawati resigns from RS, after not ‘being allowed to put across views’
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo, Mayawati resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, hours after she had threatened to quit the Upper House for “not being allowed to speak” about atrocities against Dalits and minorities. “I was speaking about the atrocities against Dalits, since I belong to that community. But[Read More…]
Presidential polls: Sonia Gandhi hosts ‘Unity’ lunch for opposition
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is hosting a get-together for the leaders of the opposition parties in the Delhi on Friday with an aim to discuss upcoming Presidential elections. The leaders will talk about a joint candidate for President to undertake the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s candidate. The meeting is considered[Read More…]
Another Samajwadi Party leader killed in Uttar Pradesh
Two unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia have killed a Samajwadi Party leader on Sunday evening. According to police, Sumer Singh (48) and his friend Manoj Mishra were going to Gopalpur village on a bike to attend a function. But, they were attacked outside Bahuwara village under Lalganj police station.[Read More…]
MCD polls: Delhi civic poll to see a six-cornered fight with BSP’s entry
After Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) decided to contest the April 23 Delhi municipal election despite the humiliating defeat in the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Delhi municipal polls is set to see an unprecedented six-cornered clash. BSP has already declared 70 candidates. It will contest against BJP, AAP,[Read More…]
What do UP Poll results mean for the Muslims of India
Should the Muslim community start moving towards the BJP? BJP has stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most politically significant state, demolishing any myths of demonetization or identity politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has trumped all odds and emerged as the sole winning factor, in a political battle that[Read More…]
SP, BSP say Modi hatao, I say corruption hatao: PM Modi
Taking dig at SP and BSP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the after years of rivalry both parties were united against me. “Have you ever seen both SP and BSP united over anything? No. They are never united. But they, in one voice, are united against[Read More…]
Cong, SP, BSP exploited dalits for their political interests: Amit Shah
Going all out to woo Dalits in the run up to 2017 Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday accused Congress, BSP and Samajwadi Party of exploiting the community for their ‘own political interests’. In an address at Dhamma Chetna Yatra Samapan programme in Kanpur, Amit[Read More…]